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Security

Microsoft spots self-propagating malware that steals crypto over Tor

Microsoft has identified a new lightweight backdoor malware that spreads via USB drives and communicates with its operators over the Tor anonymity ...

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Computing

The US government thinks ASML's most advanced chip tool is inside China

The US government has raised the alarm that one of ASML's most powerful extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, the kind that's essential for.

· 2 min read
Reviews

Prime Day 2026 early deals worth buying before June 23

Amazon Prime Day 2026 runs June 23 to 26, but the early deals are already live. Here are the ones reviewers actually rate, not just the loudest ...

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Computing

DeepL just bought its way into real-time speech translation

DeepL made its first-ever acquisition, buying live-audio startup Mixhalo to bring real-time speech translation to conferences and stadiums.

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Computing

Fox is buying Roku for $22 billion, and it's a bigger deal than it looks

Fox is paying $22 billion for Roku, buying its way onto 100 million TV screens and the viewing data behind them. Here is what actually changes.

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AI

The US government just pulled Anthropic's most powerful AI. This has never happened before

The Commerce Department issued an export control directive forcing Anthropic to disable Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for every customer. It's the ...

· 4 min read
AI

I fed a PDF, a spreadsheet and a Word doc to this free Microsoft tool. Here's what came out

MarkItDown is a free tool from Microsoft that turns your files into clean Markdown so chatbots can actually read them. We installed it and threw real ...

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AI

Built with AI this week: a machine-checked maths proof, a tutor that makes you type, and more

Our weekly roundup of genuinely impressive things people made with AI, all credited and linked. This week, an algorithm with a formal proof no human ...

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EVs and Energy

Rivian's make-or-break moment has arrived. The first R2s are in customers' hands

The $58,000 electric SUV Rivian has been promising since 2024 finally reached its first paying customers this week. The company's future, and a $1.25 ...

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Computing

Quantum computers just got dramatically more reliable, and almost nobody noticed

Microsoft reports a 1,000x reliability jump in its Majorana qubits, while error correction across the industry moves from lab trick to engineering ...

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Reviews

The best budget wireless earbuds in 2026, according to the people who actually test them

We compared the lab results and long-term tests from the most trusted reviewers. Three pairs under 100 pounds keep coming out on top.

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AI

Apple just paid its biggest rival to fix Siri. Here's what that means for your iPhone

The new Siri unveiled at WWDC runs on Google's Gemini, in a deal reportedly worth around $1 billion a year. Smart move or quiet surrender?

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AI

Anthropic just gave everyone its most powerful AI, with the dangerous bits locked away

Claude Fable 5 is the first Mythos-class model the public can actually use. The catch? Hard safety limits, a steep price, and a data retention rule ...

· 3 min read
Computing

The White House ordered a quantum computer built for science. What that actually means.

A June 22, 2026 executive order launched the QC-ADDS program to build a quantum computer large enough to unlock scientific discoveries. Here is what ...

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Space

Starship Flight 13 is targeting July 31. Here is what is different this time.

SpaceX is preparing Starship Flight 13 for a July 31 launch attempt using two new V3 vehicles, after completing a static fire test in June.

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Space

Planet Nine just got harder to believe in

New observations of distant Kuiper Belt objects show more stable orbits than the Planet Nine hypothesis predicts, weakening the case for a hidden ...

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Space

Webb found methane on an interstellar comet. It rewrites where comets come from.

Webb measured more methane than water in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a ratio no solar system comet matches, pointing to a birthplace far colder than ...

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AI

Google's latest Gemini improvements signal shift in AI development strategy

Google continues refining its Gemini AI platform with incremental updates focused on practical capabilities rather than headline-grabbing ...

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